Improvement in satchel-desks



A; O. KAPLAN.

Satchel-Desk.

Patented June.- 4,

MEMORIXNUA INVENTOR 6/wz/ ATTORNEYS.

.inlrstands and similar articles.

ABE o. KAPLAN, or crnoinnarr, 01110.

NW Paovsiw ENT l N SATCH EL-QDESKS.

SilBClfiCflllglLfQljllllllg part of. Letters Patent No. QGMIAQQ, datedJnim 4, 1878;. application filed April 20, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

resents a perspective view of my improved satcheldesk, shown in open position'for use as a desk. Fig.2 1s a front elevation, and

Fig. 3 a vertical transverse section of the same closed up for being carried as a satchel.

Similar letters or" reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention rela tes to an improved satcheldesk for traveling agents, professional men, and tor other domestic and business purposes, in which all the necessaries 'for writing are stored and furnished at a moments notice,'and

the entire device carried and handled in con- .venient manner.

The invention consists of a satchel-desk made of an interior casing, that is subdivided an suitable manner, and provided with ahinged andi'olding desk portion, and with sliding and swinging corner-receptacles for The folding desk closes the casing, and is coveredby the lid of the satchel, to the center-bar of which the handle is applied, the lid being locked at 'both sides and strapped to the body of the casing by suitable locking devices.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a casing that takes up the entire interior part of my improved satchel-desk. The casing A is provided. with four corner-drawers, B, that are guided by means of solid blocks B, to

which the drawers are hinged, so as to be drawn out as far as the blocks will admit, and then swung to the outside, as shown in Fig. 1. The sliding and hinged drawers are fitted up to hold inlrstands, pen-holders, pens, and simi-' lar articles, while a number of drawers, 0, between them are intended for articles of stationery of various kinds. The body of the casing is subdivided by any suitable arrangement, so as to furnish a number of pigeon holes and drawers for filing away documents of all kinds, rolls of manuscript, memorandum and account books, writing and legal paper, (to. The uppermost space is designed of the body of the satchel.

for the purpose of carrying a letter-copying book, water-cup, and brush. The vertical side spaces or drawers contain envelopes, cards, 8:0. To the front of the casing is hiuged'a folding desk, 1), that forms, when folded up to the subdivided casing, the front or top of the same, over which the hinged lid E of the satchel-desk is placed.

The hinged outer lid E is stiffened by a longitudinal cent-er bar, E, to which the handle for carrying the satcheldesk is attached in any a-pprored manner. Theends of the centerb r E are connected by suitable fastening or looking devices F to the stifl'ening side bars The downwardlapping frontend of the lid locks in suitable manner to a connectil'ig-strap of the satchelbody. At theoppositesideof the .hodyisarranged a corresponding flap and pocket, by

, which a symmetrical appearance of the satcheldesl; is obtained.

To open the satchel, the lid is unlocked, the satchel then turned down on its side, and the locking-strap pushed back out of the way. The fastening devices at the sides are then unfastened, and the lid swung up on the top of the satchel with handle and all. This exposes a parchment tablet at theunderside of the lid, which is intended for pencil memoranda, that may be erased by a handkerchief v or damp cloth. The folding desk or writingtable is then turned down, so that the pigeonholes, drawers, &c., of the casing are fully ex.- posed to view for convenient use.

The desk must always rest on some smooth and solid surface when used for writing, as it, is not self-sustaining. Thus .a satchetdesl; possessing special advantages for journalists, literary men, insurance agents, traveling agents, lawyers, bankers, tourists, and other persons is obtained, which is also very convenient for domestic use, as a ladys score ta ry, and for other purposes. It is less expensive than an ordinary desk, takes up little room, can be set out of the way, and in case of fire can be carried off without the. least trouble. 7

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A satchel-desk consisting of: the body or 2 I eemee easing A, having a'series 0f compartments or divisimas forming anopen, front, the folding desk 01. table D, hinged to the bottom of said open ii" 7 21111 the closing and locking lid E, Q the top thereof, substantially as and il""l@ set", forth.

2. 7 e1 desk, the combination, with the sn videdhody 01 easing, of sliding hleeks hinged andoutwardly-swinging corner-4h 4:: Wei-s, substantially as described.

' 3. The eoinbinatien, in asntehel-(lesk, of the subdivided body or casing, having a hinged and folding desk portion, with a hinged and closing lid; having an exterior handle and side and end leaking de'yices, substantially as specified. I v

. ABE O. KAPLAN. Witnesses: 4

THEO. F. SPEAR, W. '1. THOMAS. 

